Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Million Writers Award

The final top 10 most notable online stories of 2007 have been chosen by storySouth's Jason Sanford (finally) for the Million Writer's Award Contest. You can see the list here to read the chosen ones and to vote for your favorite. Guess what: none of my stories (which were long listed) got chosen. No surprise there, though I did hope to be in the top 10, so I could encourage all my fans to vote and become a Literary American Idol. Oh well.

No, I didn't make the top ten. I'm in the long, long list of writers who were long listed. One hundred and forty eight of us. So, I don't think I have to unmask myself. I don't think you know me. Very few people do.

How Jason Sanford got into a position of being an arbitrator of Good Writing is beyond me. I read the winner of one MWA -- called "Toggling the Switch," and it was an embarrassment to all those published on the internet (that's the best we can do????). I read the runner-up, and it was worse.One problem in publishing is that people who are ill-read and immature are making decisions.

Rules of the Game

4) Be nice to one another. The world is already overpopulated with asses.

Guess What?

After 15 years of rejections (most of them posted here along with all the rejections you've sent me over the years), my novel is getting published by a literary press. Little third-gendered me will soon have a book you can read for yourself and see if the hundreds of rejections were misguided or not. For more on the matter, read this post and this one too.

People Magazine Picks Miracle Girls

What the What? (This is actually for real.)

ew.com blog review

"Failure is the New Funny. Whether you're a writer ... or a bookworm ... Literary Rejections on Display is worth checking out."

Huff Po Compliment

"A highly entertaining blog."

The Millions Assesses

"An answer to what to do with your rejections: throw them away, but first, complain about them on the internet!"

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"A reminder of the competitive pressures that help drive some authors to start plagiarizing and making things up."

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The Boston Phoenix Rises

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Psych Today Puts LROD On The Couch

"An author who, like the rest of us, experiences many more rejections than acceptances."

Blogher Offers a Female Nod

"And since something isn't really something until there's a blog about it, I give you Literary Rejections on Display."

Poets & Writers Questions LROD

"Isn't it part of the writer's job to learn from--rather than reject--rejection?"

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The Village Voice Bitches About LROD

"Deliberately composed of unpublished individuals who wear their rejection slips as badges of integrity."

Cape Cod Times Gets the Joke

"Caschetta’s wit sparkles in “Literary Rejections on Display,” a humorous and intelligent look at the literary world"